December 12, 2011, 2:55 pm
DFT Digital Film Technology recently added native support of ProRes files on the Linux OS to version 1.2 of its FLEXXITY suite of software applications, which includes Dailies, Playout and Archive -- which speaks especially to ARRI Alexa output.

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October 3, 2017, 9:09 am
My approach to editing is simple: I spend a lot of time preparing my project, getting to know the dailies, and making sure that everything is as I need it, so I can concentrate on the cut. Basically, “sharpening my axe.”

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October 3, 2017, 9:09 am
The much anticipated ninth season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” which debuts on HBO on Oct. 1, ends the socially caustic comedy’s six-year hiatus. The long layoff posed a special challenge for picture editors Steve Rasch and Jonathan Corn.

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October 2, 2017, 4:28 am
My entire professional life has been ‘to protect the money.’ FCP X is a fabulous cost-saving option and because we are working with original media, there is no sacrifice in quality. I simply cannot dismiss it.

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October 2, 2017, 4:28 am
In this video, Nick answers your questions about some of the behind the scenes of Greyscalegorilla and some of the best ways for motion designers like you to get your best work done. Learn why to work with people better than you and learn how to ask your boss for more creative work.

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October 1, 2017, 7:19 am
Throughout history, movie theaters have evolved to attract new movie-goers. In the 1910s through the 1940s, movie "palaces" were ornately decorated theaters designed to provide patrons with an atmosphere mimicking an outdoor courtyard, complete with facades, fauna, and projectors called Brenograph that projected clouds and stars onto the ceiling.

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September 30, 2017, 1:49 pm
Jennifer Ruff, filmmaker and editing professor at NYU’s Tisch Graduate School of Film, didn’t get her start in film, but rather literature. “I wrote poetry and didn’t like electronic things,” she told us. An MO that still seems applicable today...

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September 30, 2017, 6:50 am
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is easily the most visually immersive and splendidly colorful Marvel movie (at least until Thor: Ragnarok hits theaters later this year) and a whole lot of movie magic goes into making a movie look that good. Visual effects company Framestore has revealed a new VFX reel displaying their work on James Gunn‘s superhero sci-fi and it’s full of breakdowns for the film’s most impressive sequences, including the opening battle against the tentacle monster, Yondu’s prison escape, and skinless Rocket Raccoon.